JP2013508001A5

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Publication number: JP2013508001A5
Application number: JP2012533701A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2010-10-18
Publication date: 2015-03-19

Description

本発明の第１の態様によると、少なくとも１つの空気処理剤の分配装置を動作させる方法が提供され、この分配装置は、
空気処理剤の少なくとも１つの取り外し可能容器を少なくとも部分的に内部に受け入れるように適合された内部を定める１つ又はそれ以上の壁を有するハウジングを含み、ハウジングにおける装置は、
空気中の空中物質を検出するように動作可能な空中物質検出器手段を含み、この手段には、使用中、装置の外部からの空気が空中物質検出器手段に入るのを可能にするための、装置の外部へ通じる少なくとも１つのアパーチャが設けられ、
空気処理剤の少なくとも１つの容器を受け入れるための受け入れ手段と、
使用中、ハウジング内の１つ又はそれ以上の出口オリフィスを通って、装置から空気処理剤を発散させるように適合された発散手段と、
発散手段及び空中物質検出器手段と通信状態にある制御手段と、
をさらに含み、本方法は、
制御手段が、発散手段に、使用中、一定量の空気処理剤の発散をもたらすように作動するように命令するステップを含み、
一定量の空気処理剤の発散後、制御手段は、発散後１秒から３０分までの所定期間、空中物質検出器手段を動作させないように動作可能である、
ことを特徴とする。 According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating at least one air treatment agent dispensing device, the dispensing device comprising:
A housing having one or more walls defining an interior adapted to receive at least one removable container of air treatment agent therein;
Aerial substance detector means operable to detect airborne matter in the air, which means for allowing air from outside the device to enter the aerial substance detector means during use; At least one aperture leading to the outside of the device is provided,
Receiving means for receiving at least one container of air treating agent;
Divergent means adapted to divert air treatment agent from the device through one or more outlet orifices in the housing during use;
Control means in communication with the diverging means and the airborne substance detector means;
The method further comprises:
The control means includes directing the diverging means to operate during use to provide a certain amount of air treatment divergence;
After divergence of a certain amount of air treatment agent, the control means is operable not to operate the airborne substance detector means for a predetermined period from 1 second to 30 minutes after divergence.
It is characterized by that.

本発明の第２の態様によると、少なくとも１つの空気処理剤の分配装置を動作させる方法が提供され、この分配装置は、
空気処理剤の少なくとも１つの取り外し可能容器を少なくとも部分的に内部に受け入れるように適合された内部を定める１つ又はそれ以上の壁を有するハウジングを含み、ハウジングにおける装置は、
空気中の空中物質を検出するように動作可能な空中物質検出器手段を含み、この手段には、使用中、装置の外部からの空気が空中物質検出器手段に入るのを可能にするための、装置の外部へ通じる少なくとも１つのアパーチャが設けられ、
空気処理剤の前記少なくとも１つの容器を受け入れるための受け入れ手段と、
使用中、ハウジング内の１つ又はそれ以上の出口オリフィスを通って、装置から空気処理剤を発散させるように適合された発散手段と、
発散手段及び空中物質検出器手段と通信状態にある制御手段と、
をさらに含み、本方法は、
制御手段が、発散手段に、使用中、一定量の空気処理剤の発散をもたらすように作動するように命令するステップを含み、
一定量の空気処理剤の発散後、制御手段は、発散後１秒から３０分までの所定期間、空中物質検出器手段からの信号を無視する及び／又は退けるように動作可能である、
ことを特徴とする。 According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating at least one air treatment agent dispensing device, the dispensing device comprising:
A housing having one or more walls defining an interior adapted to receive at least one removable container of air treatment agent therein;
Aerial substance detector means operable to detect airborne matter in the air, which means for allowing air from outside the device to enter the aerial substance detector means during use; At least one aperture leading to the outside of the device is provided,
Receiving means for receiving said at least one container of air treating agent;
Divergent means adapted to divert air treatment agent from the device through one or more outlet orifices in the housing during use;
Control means in communication with the diverging means and the airborne substance detector means;
The method further comprises:
The control means includes directing the diverging means to operate during use to provide a certain amount of air treatment divergence;
After the divergence of a certain amount of air treatment agent, the control means is operable to ignore and / or dismiss the signal from the airborne substance detector means for a predetermined period from 1 second to 30 minutes after divergence.
It is characterized by that.

Claims

A method of operating at least one air treatment agent dispensing device, the dispensing device comprising:
Including a housing having one or more walls defining an interior adapted to receive at least one removable container of air treatment agent therein, wherein the device in the housing comprises:
Aerial substance detector means operable to detect airborne matter in the air, wherein the airborne substance detector means allows air from outside the device to enter the aerial substance detector means during use; At least one aperture leading to the outside of the device is provided for enabling
Receiving means for receiving said at least one container of air treating agent;
Diverging means adapted to divert the air treatment agent from the device through one or more outlet orifices in the housing during use;
Control means in communication with the diverging means and the airborne substance detector means;
The method further comprising:
Control means comprising instructing said diverging means to operate during use to provide a certain amount of air treatment divergence during use;
After divergence of the fixed amount of air treatment agent, the control means ignores the signal from the airborne substance detector means for a predetermined period from 1 second to 30 minutes after divergence, or the airborne substance detector means Is operable to reject the signal from or disregard the signal from the airborne detector means,
A method characterized by that.

The control means ignores the signal from the airborne substance detector means for a predetermined period from 1 second to 30 minutes after divergence, or rejects the signal from the airborne substance detector means, or 2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that it is operable to ignore and reject signals from the substance detector means.

The control means ignores the signal from the airborne substance detector means for substantially 6 minutes (+/- 1 minutes) after divergence, or rejects the signal from the airborne substance detector means, Alternatively, the method according to claim 1, characterized in that it is operable to disregard ignoring signals from the airborne substance detector means.

At least one air treating agent dispensing device comprising:
Including a housing having one or more walls defining an interior adapted to receive at least one removable container of air treatment agent therein, wherein the device in the housing comprises:
Aerial substance detector means operable to detect airborne matter in the air, wherein the airborne substance detector means allows air from outside the device to enter the aerial substance detector means during use; At least one aperture leading to the outside of the device is provided for enabling
Receiving means for receiving said at least one container of air treating agent;
Diverging means adapted to divert the air treatment agent from the device through one or more outlet orifices in the housing during use;
And further comprising a control means in communication with the diverging means and the airborne substance detector means, and in use, once a certain amount of air treatment agent has been diverged from the device, the control means is one second after diverging. Ignore the signal from the aerial substance detector means, dismiss the signal from the aerial substance detector means, or ignore the signal from the aerial substance detector means for a predetermined period from 30 minutes to 30 minutes Is operable to move away,
A dispensing device characterized by that.

5. Distributor according to claim 4, characterized in that the at least one aperture for the airborne substance detector means is spaced from the one or more outlet orifices.

6. Dispensing device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the at least one aperture is arranged in a housing wall substantially perpendicular to the housing wall of the outlet orifice.

6. Dispensing device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the at least one aperture is arranged in a housing wall substantially opposite the housing wall of the outlet orifice.

The airborne substance detector means is substantially completely isolated from any fluid present in the interior of the housing, and any fluid present in the interior of the housing is free of the one or more housing walls. 6. Dispensing device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that it is substantially completely prevented from passing through and being detectable by the airborne substance detector means.

The housing is provided with a recessed recess in its wall extending into the interior of the housing, the recess being sized to receive the airborne substance detector means therein. The dispensing device according to claim 8.

The recessed recess is provided with a cover that is sized to close the recess and substantially conforms to a shape or contour of the housing wall, the cover including at least one aperture. The dispensing device according to claim 9.

5. The aperture is provided with a filter membrane to prevent or substantially prevent particulate contamination of the airborne substance detector means while allowing gas diffusion therethrough. The distribution device according to any one of claims 10 to 10.